Meet Our New Labrador (Old Site)

We are very excited to introduce the newest member of our family. A lot of our friends and family know that we were having a hard time thinking of a name for our little guy... Some of the submissions we received were “Exit” (thank you Braxton), “Lord Dogemort” (thank you Evin), and “Murray” (thank you Daja). Thanks to my affinity for Harry Potter, he almost became Harold James, but that just didn’t seem right when we tried to call him by it! As soon as we brought him home, the name that fits him perfectly came to mind... We are calling him Boone. Yes, it is for the obvious - Daniel Boone. (I do confess that we have another reason for enjoying the name... as big Lost fans, Boone was one of our favorite characters.)

Boone comes from a hobby breeder in Spokane and is the son of a beautiful Lab named Dakota and a very handsome Lab named Ranger. Ranger’s mom tells us that Boone looks a lot like Ranger did as a puppy... so he became known as Little Ranger while they were watching him. Boone has a darker coat for a yellow Lab and promises to be quite handsome himself. He was one of eleven puppies in the litter, so I am sure that he is a little lonely today now that he is the only dog in the house.

We brought him home yesterday after his week long stay at his Dad’s house. (His Dad lives in Snohomish as well!) Dad’s owner did an amazing job watching him... Boone is already well on the road to being potty trained. We are amazed at how well he is behaved as such a young puppy. He plays hard, but not too hard, and then calms right down. He already understands us when we say “off” or “drop it” and will go pick up a chew toy instead. We expected him to whine a bit on his first night... but he didn’t! He went into his crate at about 9:45 last night and was snoring loudly by 10. (Such a cute snore!) He slept through the night and was sitting there quietly waiting for me when I came down at 6 this morning.

Tiger is not so sure about our new boy. Boone approaches Tiger very cautiously, and Tiger is starting to warm up to him. I think Tiger likes the fact that he can jump up on a chair or table, and Boone cannot.

We are so excited to have Boone to play, cuddle and be a companion!

The Beginning (Old Site)

Welcome to my first blog on my new page... why a new page? Because I never paid any attention to the old one! I’m using Apple’s newer version of iWeb this time, and it seems like it is going to be a bit easier to maintain... so maybe I’ll actually remember to keep this one updated!

Andy and I have been pretty busy lately. In some ways life has been pretty much the same as always, but there are aspects of it that have been hectic. We are enjoying the fact that summer has finally arrived in the Puget Sound. We had a taste of it in May, but then it went back into hiding for a month or so!

In the end of April/beginning of May we took a week long trip to Maui. It was such a fun trip! I haven’t yet sent out any information or pictures... so look for that to come soon.

In June we got something that makes me very happy... a Yamaha grand piano. (For anyone that knows pianos, we purchased a C2.) For the last month I have been happily playing away every day. The piano shows much more warmth and emotion than my upright did. It’s a dream to play Chopin and Debussy... and even West Side Story songs!

We are also excitedly awaiting the arrival of our newest family member... a puppy! We were lucky to locate a recent litter of yellow Labrador puppies. So, next week we will get to meet our new puppy and bring him home! We are not naming him until we meet him, but I’ll eventually let everyone know what his name is and post up a picture.

We have also been busy preparing for our home study visit. The home study is the first, lengthy step in the even more lengthy adoption process. After nearly 9 years of marriage, we are excited at the opportunity to get one step closer to being parents.

So that is life at our house right now... we hope that you are all doing well!